linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] crypto: s5p: add AES support for Exynos5433

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Message-ID: <2ba3ca26-d4cd-5c9c-35a1-ab34e965fc0f@partner.samsung.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:50:20 +0100
From:   Kamil Konieczny <k.konieczny@...tner.samsung.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] crypto: s5p: add AES support for Exynos5433

On 24.01.2019 15:39, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 15:34, Kamil Konieczny
> <k.konieczny@...tner.samsung.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 24.01.2019 14:37, Corentin Labbe wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 05:55:33PM +0100, Kamil Konieczny wrote:
>>>> Add AES crypto HW acceleration for Exynos5433, with the help of SlimSSS IP.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kamil Konieczny <k.konieczny@...tner.samsung.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/crypto/s5p-sss.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>>>  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/s5p-sss.c b/drivers/crypto/s5p-sss.c
>>>> index 0064be0e3941..e2d247f59254 100644
>>>> [...]
>>>> @@ -240,6 +241,7 @@
>>>>  struct samsung_aes_variant {
>>>>      unsigned int                    aes_offset;
>>>>      unsigned int                    hash_offset;
>>>> +    char                            *clk_names[];
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> this could be set as const
>>
>> Definitions sets const:
>>
>> grep "static const" drivers/crypto/s5p-sss.c
>>
>> static const struct samsung_aes_variant s5p_aes_data = {
>> static const struct samsung_aes_variant exynos_aes_data = {
>> static const struct samsung_aes_variant exynos5433_slim_aes_data = {
>>
>> so it is not needed at struct declaration, or am I missing something ?
> 
> The struct contains the pointer, so the pointer will be const. However
> the pointer can point to either const string or non-const string.
> That's the Corentin's comment about. So in fact as he says - this
> should be a pointer to a const string.

Thank you for clarifing this, I will send v3 soon.

-- 
Best regards,
Kamil Konieczny
Samsung R&D Institute Poland